Join Elastic as a Senior Java Engineer to enhance security features in Elasticsearch for a scalable, high-performance environment.
Posted by employer 7 hours ago
First seen on Joblaze 6 hours ago
Last verified on the company career page 6 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Contribute to core security initiatives
- Develop foundational security models
- Optimize security performance at scale
- Monitor advancements in security
- Collaborate with peers to embed security
Must have
- Deep knowledge of Java internals
- Experience building scalable authorization systems
- Solid comprehension of distributed systems security
- Knowledge of edge identity protocols
Nice to have
- Knowledge of cipher suites
- Familiarity with Post-Quantum Cryptography
- Experience with FedRAMP and SOC 2 requirements
AI in the day-to-day
Leverage AI-driven tools to automate vulnerability triage, prioritization, and preliminary investigation.
Not disclosed in this posting: years of experience, work arrangement, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Senior Java Engineer will focus on enhancing the security features of Elasticsearch, including authentication and authorization systems, while ensuring high performance in distributed environments. Key skills include deep knowledge of Java, experience with scalable authorization systems, and a solid understanding of distributed systems security. This position is ideal for someone with a strong background in software development and security, particularly in high-concurrency settings. The team emphasizes collaboration across functions to integrate security into new features from the outset.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze November 5, 2026. Last confirmed on Elastic's careers page November 5, 2026.
- This exact title is also open at 5 other locations at Elastic: Spain, Israel, United Kingdom, United States, Poland.
- Starts above 5% of 20 comparable senior security roles in Canada we track (median $108,470 across 12 companies).
Quick facts
- What's the salary range?
- Elastic lists CAD 128,300–CAD 203,000 for this role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Cryptography, Elasticsearch, Java, OAuth 2.0, SAML.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Elastic targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Java Engineer - Security - Elasticsearch role at Elastic.
From the original posting
Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.
What is The Role
We are seeking a Senior Software Developer to join the Elasticsearch Security team. In this role, you will contribute to the architecture and design of Elasticsearch's main features. These features include authentication, authorization, and tenant isolation. You will work with engineering and product leaders at Elastic. Your goal is to participate in providing high-performance security at all levels. This includes ensuring that our distributed data store has top-quality security at scale.
What You Will Be Doing
- Contributing to core security initiatives from architecture to production, focusing on the delivery of new critical features. Participating in the technical design, planning, and execution for major security components inside the Elasticsearch core engine.
- Developing the foundational security models for features.
- Optimizing security performance at scale in distributed systems environments.
- Applying cryptographic solutions to address genuine customer use cases.
- Ensuring robust data isolation within shared infrastructure supporting disparate customers.
- Monitoring and applying the latest advancements and best practices in security. This includes authentication, identity management, cryptography, and data access management.
- Collaborating with peers across the company to embed security into new customer features from the outset.
- Drive vulnerability management efforts by collaborating closely with the InfoSec team to proactively identify, assess, and remediate security risks.
- Leverage AI-driven tools to automate vulnerability triage, prioritization, and preliminary investigation, streamlining security workflows and reducing manual intervention
What You Bring
- You have deep knowledge of Java internals and JVM memory management. You understand how concurrency models work. You can write code that is high-performance, thread-safe, and lock-free. This experience includes working with large open-source and enterprise codebases.
- You have experience building authorization systems that are scalable and performant under high concurrency and large permission sets, including designing access models, validating credentials/tokens at scale, and keeping authorization decisions consistent across a distributed system.
- You have a solid comprehension of distributed systems security, including node-to-node mutual trust, zero-trust transport, partition tolerance and cluster state propagation.
- You have a deep knowledge of edge identity protocols (OAuth 2.0, SAML).
- You have a proven track record of using AI to accelerate development, debug complex systems, and optimize code, while still collaborating on the final outcomes.
- You possess the ability to collaborate across functions and teams and seamlessly transition between different projects, codebases, or teams based on business priorities
- You can work autonomously, supporting decisions and results in a distributed team by leveraging asynchronous, direct, and transparent communication
Bonus Points
- Knowledge of cipher suites, TLS handshakes, and PKI/certificate lifecycle management.
- Cryptographic methods considering memory usage and delays.
- Familiarity with the implications of Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) and readiness to support the migration of services to quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithms.
- Hands-on experience mapping engine-level technical controls to FedRAMP (Moderate/High), FIPS 140, and SOC 2 requirements.
- Experience working on the internals of a data store or search engine.
Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable compensation component. The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below.
These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future.
An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.
Elastic believes that employees should have the opportunity to share in the value that we create together for our shareholders. Therefore, in addition to cash compensation, this role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program. Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings, along with a range of other benefits offered with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being.
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